The title "The importance of being ethical" short changes this discussion. I can never quite put my finger on what it is about Jordan Petersons' speech that grabs me and holds me. It's like there are two of him running in parallel, one orates the moment while the other simultaneously takes the free elaboration of an idea (from a question posed) and condenses it down to a gist (one of his favourite words). However, the form of the gist -if you have the vocabulary and the ability to extrapolate- hits your brain and unpacks like a Zip file. It's quite extraordinary.
I watch a lot of these Youtube broadcasts instead of mainstream TV, so much so that I subscribe to Youtube (ad-free is better). I don't review them as a rule, I just repost them with my recommendation in brief, likewise this one. Just watch it, it's an hour of two smart people hashing out topical ideas and putting some Post-Modern mores under a microscope and finding them to be at best foolish and at worse counterproductive to us all.
I will say this, you can't watch Jordan Peterson and not grow up a bit, and in some cases a lot. You put yourself your ideas and opinions under the same microscope the protagonists in these interviews put the world and themselves under and that has great utility.
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